Example Sentences

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It's an odd thing that when the average soldier is wholly cheerful he prefers the "sobful" melodies.

From Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

"Spell it!" pleaded Maud, shaking her younger sister into a sobful semi-silence.

From Janet of the Dunes by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)